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Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen has missed nine games since injuring his groin Nov. 26, but he has been working out and said he is feeling better.

When asked if he had a target date for a return, he said after Christmas.

“First I have to have a couple more days just with the goalie coach,” Lehtonen said. “Then I need to start skating with the team and have a couple of those days, and then after that, we’ll see when I play. We haven’t talked about any dates, but probably sometime around Christmas.”

When asked about the injury, he said that most of his groin strains have been on the left side in the past, but that this one is on the right side.

“It was in a good spot, so it heals the fastest,” he said. “The first couple of weeks were rough, but after it’s healed, it’s feeling great.”